Morningside Spice in Edinburgh

Morningside Newsagents, 74 Morningside Rd, Edinburgh EH10 4BY, United Kingdom

★★★★☆
(163 reviews)
Categories: Indian restaurant Restaurant

About

Contemporary curry house and takeaway turning out classic Indian fare in a relaxed ambiance.

Website
morningsidespice.co.uk
Address
Morningside Newsagents, 74 Morningside Rd, Edinburgh EH10 4BY, United Kingdom
Plus Code
WQJQ+WW Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Time Zone
Europe/London

Business Hours

Monday
5–10:45 PM
Tuesday
5–10:45 PM
Wednesday
5–10:45 PM
Thursday
12 PM–12 AM
Friday
12 PM–12 AM
Saturday
12 PM–12 AM
Sunday
5–10:45 PM

Services

Service options
Delivery Takeaway Dine-in
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible entrance Wheelchair-accessible seating Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Offerings
Alcohol Beer Coffee Halal food Late-night food Spirits Vegan options Vegetarian options Wine
Dining options
Lunch Dinner Dessert
Amenities
Bar on site Toilets
Atmosphere
Casual Cosy
Crowd
Groups
Planning
Accepts reservations
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards
Children
Good for kids

Reviews

4.1
★★★★☆
163 reviews

Most Mentioned

price (12) take away (8) chilli (6) delivery (6) starter (5) student (4) discount (4) salad (3) mixed grill (2) peas (2)
5 stars
88
4 stars
38
3 stars
11
2 stars
10
1 stars
16
★★
December 9, 2024

Starter Tiger Prawn fine. Butter chicken, tender and moist, but no flavour at all to the sauce. Lemon lassi was a bit salty, but with no other flavour. Told waiter, who added lemon, did not offer to change it, and chuckled when I said it was no better.

★★★★★
August 16, 2024

Lovely restaurant in Morningside just by Churchill bus stop.Two poppadums with pickles x3 fresh onion tomato and cucumber. Wonderful sheek kebab well cooked with nice fresh side salad.Second starter king prawn with potato and peas with a gorgeous spicy sauce the prawn was cooked superb compliments to the chef. Main northern garlic chilli chibken .Generous portion of chicken for one which we shared with a side dish of tarka dall steamed rice and a fab fresh chapati .Bottle of chilean sauvignon blanc £19 very acceptable.Bill £54

★★★
August 9, 2024

Yesterday I was visited this restaurant with my friend. We ordered mix kebab, garlic bread and chilli chicken. 1st thing lamb was not good cooked in mix kebab. And chilli chicken it's the most spicy dish which they mentioned in menu. But in reality it's not at all spicy. It's sweet. Atmosphere is good. Totally it's not worth of that price.

★★★★★
June 22, 2024

after a recomendation I travelled from midlothian to pick up a carry out meal .... this was the best I have ever had , chicken was tender and tasty, couldn't fault it. This is our new regular

April 22, 2024

Ordered online and was so so disappointed. Genuinely the blandest curry I’ve ever had. Ordered a vegetable korma and the veggies were boiled huge chunks of mushrooms and what looked/tasted like frozen peas and carrots. My partner had a dahl and said it was okay but needed salt and definitely wouldn’t order again.

★★★★★
April 14, 2024

Ordered online the set meal for two plus some additions. Collection from the restaurant we were greeted well and our takeaway meal was given to us in a speedy manner. At home the food was hot well cooked well seasoned and of excellent quality. If only we lived 500 miles closer. Totally recommended

★★★★★
March 30, 2024

Got my food in actually 10 minutes! And all plant-based 🌱 very sweet people!! Definitely gonna come back. The food always stays warm because they place it on a lil heater. The interior also looks so Indian 😂 love it. Student discount is so helpful & considerate🙏

★★★★
May 15, 2022

We just walk-in this place it’s quite empty when we visited,so we got seat immediately. Restaurant ambience is really nice. We tried different varieties in menu. In that Fish pakora is outstanding, mixed grill is bit hard to eat. And we customised for chilli chicken curry it is so delicious. Our waiter is so helpful and well mannered. As we are students we got 10% discount on bill as well😀We will visit for sure again

December 21, 2024

I will never go to that place again!!! The employees are racist and rude. Today I went to collect there and they kicked me out of there saying that it was not there that I would collect my garbage food.

★★★★★
Local Guide
November 22, 2024

Friendly, value for money. Reliable establishment.

★★★★★
Local Guide
September 22, 2024

Fantastic place to eat food was fab. Staff very polite and friendly.

★★★★★
Local Guide
February 22, 2024

Delicious meal, great service and nice ambience

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Food is excellent. Staff lovely but restaurant was so cold we had to eat with our coats on.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

I really like this place. Its usually quiet, which I personally enjoy. If youre a student you get a 10% discount, and all the dishes are already very affordable at around 9-14 quid max for a main dish. And the food is delicious. I get a different dish everytime i come and have yet to be disappointed. The service is great, very chill and kind staff. Just not trying to be anything but what it is, a really good restaurant.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Delicious food with nice presentation. Quantity served was also good. Vegetarian options: Some more options expected Food : 4/5 |

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Would definitely recommend! I absolutely loved the Cheese Naan. The waiter is super friendly and you also get student discount

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Ordered food to be delivered waited one hour and ten minutes for it to delivered, some of it was luke warm,food was all a bit bland

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Quiet Tuesday, lovely food and good service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Good food at a reasonable price

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Food perfect ,friendly service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Great Indian meal, the staff were so friendly, and it was the perfect end to a busy week.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

We had a nice tasty meal focusing on the vegetarian options

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Excellent food and service

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

My go to for a curry. Only had take away. It s always hot and very tasty. I get the kofta exotica, I m vegetarian and like sweet mango curries. It s delicious. My partner loves the meat dishes too. Pakoras and naans are always great! I won t get a curry from anywhere else!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

We were a rowdy bunch of 21, a few hiccups with the orders but staff were so patient with us. Thanks

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Amazing food and lovely polite staff

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Absolutely fantastic food. great portion sizes will definitely be back and definitely recommend to anyone.a must try .

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Superb, Good service through out the nite.

Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Ordered here for the first time and the last the food was look warm it resembled more like a dogs dinner. However a lesson learnt never again

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Very nice meal

December 22, 2022

Ordered take away it came it was hot and tasteless phoned and complained sent more food nothing different . I have used this restaurant before and had no complaints but won t use again

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Ordered delivery several times and always great.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Fantastic service, as always.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Can t fault it. Every dish was delicious.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Nice food lovely staff very accommodating

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Absolutely superb! Well done x went there last night on our staycation ,we are from Leeds , and have been to many Indian restaurants and this was the best lamb curry ever !!! Gotta try it well done again Nigel and pauline

★★
December 22, 2021

Sad Mixed grill (mainly salad) served with pasta sauce. People of Edinburgh apparently love this? I don t!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Love this place, food is excellent and very reasonable priced.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Very stylish India restaurant with lovely white table linen, superb tasty food and excellent service.

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Had the loveliest Kathmandu murgh last night.. delicious! We were short of time unfortunately, but the staff were excellent and attentive and couldnt have been more helpful. Highly recommend

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Excellent tandoori chicken. Proper bbq taste. Great value.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Very good curries with helpful people around. Environment is very cosy.love the food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Good service and lovely food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Popped in at nearly 9pm. Seated right away.. absolutely lovely service by the Waiter. Place brightly but tastefully decorated for Christmas. Every dish... delicious and well presented with lots of fresh salad and coriander.

★★★★
December 22, 2020

Food and service very good

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Went with a friend and her mother and loved it. The Madras was the best Ive had for a while and quite tasty. Good sized portions and good service throughout. Will come again!

December 22, 2020

Slow service, took 45 minutes to get a drink and the food was awful, chicken jalfrezi was a watery chicken stew with virtually no spice. Do not go here

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Ordered through just eat and the delivery was 10 minutes earlier, piping hot. I ordered the chicken Madras with pilau rice and it was lovely. Would definitely consider these again the next time I want a curry fix

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

Service impeccable, providing extra chillis on demand to my son and friend trying to out do each other on spice...excellent food and service thank you!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Fantastic Indian food, love the (very) green Bengali chicken. Theyve been very accommodating to allergies and great with our baby daughter.

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

Very enjoyable meal. All the dishes were really tasty. The Chilli Garlic Chicken and Tikka Masala are our two favourite dishes.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Nice curry very tasty.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Really nice food. Slightly bright inside but friendly, clean and fresh good food.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Great Indian food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Got my order wrong the first time, but rectified this as soon as I pointed out the error. The food was tasty and reasonably priced.

December 22, 2019

Myself and my partner ordered from here tonight , it was a disgrace it took 2 hours past its stated delivery time to be delivered to us . Their excuse was that the restraunt was busy. Where my partner lives is basically down the road if driving so it is just so funny how it can take so long . The raging thing is that we actually thought oh theyll come and sat for ages waiting for two hours , the only thing they offered was a side when we order next time but trust me there isnt going to be a next time . we rang this restraunt a few times before they answered which honestly my opinion is bad service .I think me and my partner quite rightly deserve a full refund for waiting those two hours and honestly for your terrible service and awful food. Wise warning to anyone ordering here DONT because youll recieve terrible service , if it was not for the just eat staff kindly helping us we would not have coped

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Very good , food was lovely and service was prompt .

★★★★
December 22, 2019

Posh ... just a tad small

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Really disappointing - firstly they didnt have our table reservation, but fortunately the place was almost empty, then it took over half an hour to get the attention of the staff to make an order (four staff, two tables, but no attention at all). Two hours after arriving, our food arrived. They had got at least one of the dishes wrong i.e. one was chicken not lamb (the other they just said was vegetable and wouldnt say any more, we had ordered balti vegetable, but it wasnt balti...). TThe food was OK, but drinks were super expensive so ended up about £35 per head when only half people had starters. Biggest gripe was the service though, it was really shocking despite being almost empty.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Very enjoyable evening. Pleasant staff and good price.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Great food, quite authentic

★★★★★
December 22, 2019

My regular, consistent good food

Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Tasteless, unseasoned curry. Size of the naan bread was like half of regular naan from any other takeaway.

Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Why do they not put spice in the meals POOR

Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Upon ordering, we told the waiter we want to order some dishes later, to which he replied Im not going to come back and forth to take your order. Extremely unacceptable, we just left.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Food and service good

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Friendly service and good food!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Very nice, business lunch was great value.

★★★★★
December 22, 2019

Good food good service.

★★
December 22, 2018

Forgot a starter which wasnt a big deal, they sent it back out immediately and threw in some poppadoms. My chicken korma however was in fact turkey and it was tough as old boots. I have had this happen a couple times from various takeaways just after Xmas. It is frankly insulting to think customers cant tell the difference and for the sake of saving a few pounds they have lost a potential repeat customer and gained a crappy review.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Poor service and bland food.

Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Only pepper in the name of spicy food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

First time there last night. Very tasty and comprehensive menu. Attentive staff and not overly expensive. I

December 22, 2018

Without doubt the worst Indian takeaway Ive ever had! Took an hour to arrive, thats fine but it was luke warm. Tasteless, bland and very very oily - AVOID!!

★★
December 22, 2018

Delivery took 1hr 50min when we were told it would be 45min! Shocking.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Nice and clean place, professional and friendly staff, normal sized meals and regular prices. Most food wasnt very fragrant, but the vindaloo was spicy enough to be enjoyable. A bit low in the filling (meat or vegetable), but plenty of sauce.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Delicious inexpensive lunchtime meal deal. Highly recommended.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Very good indeed.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

The most delicious Indian restaurant in Edinburgh. The Kofti Sabzi Exotica is brilliant and the staff are delightful. I would recommend without hesitation.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Came in and seated fairlyquickly. Once seated, pretty much was ignored the entire night. No standard Papadums were served to use (but others got them) and whist the food was nice, portion sizes were quite small. Outside there is a sign which students get 10% off but the waiter tried to deny it and say it was for take away only (it states for take away and in dine). Overall, if the service improved it would be a great spot but until then i will not be returning.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Great menu and friendly service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

very nice meal good service recommended

★★★★★
December 22, 2018

A pleasant place with great food for fair prices

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Good price (£7.95) for starter, main course and dessert. Décor is a little old fashioned, though.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Lovely lunch

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

great place,our all customer n staff like this place.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Amazing, tasty food, attentive service!

★★★★★
December 22, 2018

Very good service food is to die for absolutely amazing! Id recommend it to anyone!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Pleasant curry with good service

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Lunch deal is pretty good value and tasty.

★★★★
December 22, 2017

Very nice place well presented, quantity level we are not disappointed there is what you need. Fast service early evening and weekdays. Prices remain correct compared to France.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Solid but nothing special in a town full of great Indian food.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Good Indian food. Although is always hot in there, needs a door to be opened

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Great lunchtime deal. Nice spicy food at a decent price.

★★★★★
December 22, 2017

Consistent food and tasty. Good service

★★★★
December 22, 2017

Reliable curry house with cheery service and a decent wine list.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Good value and tasty lunch

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Consistently good curries. Friendly and helpful staff.

★★★★★
December 22, 2017

Brilliant curry house. Freindly staff. Very good food.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

Went here for an impromptu Friday night dinner, was very pleasant experience and the food was enjoyable, nothing to shout about.

Local Guide
December 22, 2016

They advertise 241 with a highlife card but when you call to book they then turn around as say its only 10% off. Dont advertise it if your not going to honour the deal.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

Fantastic curries delivered or sit in we can not find a restaurant to beat this place.

★★★★★
December 22, 2016

Brillant night - food delicious - we go all the time and love it, M

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

Average food, standard prices

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

Great food

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2015

One of several decent Indian resteraunts in Morningside. Much like the others, the food is decent, the service is polite and the overall experience is pleasant. There is, however, little that sets the place apart from any other nearby indian resteraunt. Decent, but nothing special.

★★★★
December 22, 2015

Im a regular visitor to Morningside Spice and have never been disappointed.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2014

Curry fails to pack in much flavour.

Local Guide
December 22, 2014

dont think I have ever given a restaurant one star before, but it is justified in the case of Morningside Spice. Upon arrival, the staff appeared to have no recollection of my party of fours booking. Having been dismissively instructed to wait by the door by a staff member, we stood awkwardly waiting for 10 minutes without being offered any apology or explanation. We left. Not recommended. Head a couple of doors down to The Clay Oven, as we did.

December 22, 2014

I had booked a table for this restaurant on a Monday evening around 8pm for four people. We arrived an hour early and the restaurant was clearly busy. We advised that we had booked for 8pm but would be back in an hour and that it wasnt a problem. We went for a drink in the meantime. We arrived back at 8:15pm so find that the restaurant was still very busy, however, they had seated new people and hadnt left space for our booking. They didnt acknowledge our arrival and didnt speak to us for 10 minutes. Simply ignoring us in the door way of a very small restaurant. We ended up leaving after 20 minutes of waiting by the door with no acknowledgement. We headed next door to Clay Oven who treated us with respect.

★★★★
December 22, 2014

I reckon some of these reviews are doing a major disservice to a very good Indian restaurant. Ive been a customer many times and have never been treated any less than well. The food has also been excellent and not just on occasions - consistently so. Im booking again tomorrow for a business lunch and expect that neither myself nor any of my colleagues will leave disappointed.

★★
December 22, 2013

The worst curry I have ever endured, and expensive. I actually complained - a first at an Indian. Was offered extra dishes for free next time. No thanks!